2006-02-07
A collection of shrewd pop music. Equal parts cynicism, disdain, hope and humor; self referential, self-mocking, sagacious and coy.Bejar’s Dylanesque flare for biting and sardonic wit and his nods to the glam and bombastic folk approaches of early Tyrannosaurus Rex and Bowie recordings have clearly distanced “Destroyer” from the more straightforward pop of his “other” band, “The New Pornographers.” -P
NO PLAY 1,3,5,6,7
Air Traffic Controller
Black Box
Nine Inch Nails
Halo Thirty One
Rustic Overtones
Light at the End
Robin Danar
Altered States
Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Al and the Black Cats
Shakin At The Knees
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